War (or Piratical) junk, Canton

Title : War (or Piratical) junk, Canton

Topic : Chinese Maritime Customs Service

Year : c.1870

Location : Unknown

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Caption on support : 41. East Coast (Piratical or) War Junk, Canton.

Information data : University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: bo02-045. Photo from an album (UoB reference bo02) kept at the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, London (RSAA reference RSAA/SC/BOW/2). This is a cameo format photograph of a painting of a junk. Canton (Guangzhou).

Keywords : Bowra;boat;ship;piracy